3-Month Treasury Bill Rate (Monthly)

3-month Treasury bill secondary market rate, discount basis, monthly average. The short leg of the 10y-3m spread before 1976, when no 2-year Treasury existed.

3.94

Percent

Updated 2026-09-01 · monthly↑ Increasing

3-Month Treasury Bill Rate (Monthly) — latest reading: 3.94 percent. As of September 2026, it is up 0.5% over the past 12 months, above its 10-year average. Source: TB3MS, Federal Reserve Board, published monthly. Reported as published, without transformation; the publisher may revise it.

Min

0.01

Max

16.30

Average

3.42

10Y Percentile

72%

3M Change

+7.7%

Sep 2026 · 3.94 Percent
NBER recession periods

3-Month Treasury Bill Rate (Monthly) (TB3MS) — 1113 observations from 1934-01-01 to 2026-09-01. Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Red shading indicates NBER recession periods.

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Revisions

None. Across the 12 most recent prints held in the vintage archive, 3-Month Treasury Bill Rate (Monthly) was published once each and never restated. Market series behave this way; survey and sample-based statistics generally do not. How this is computed.

Macro Regime Context

The financial-conditions regime is currently neutral (97% confidence).

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3-Month

+7.7%

6-Month

+9.1%

12-Month

+0.5%

What this means

3-Month Treasury Bill Rate (Monthly) is currently at 3.94 percent, which is above its 10-year historical average. The trend is increasing (+7.7% over the past 3 months).

Over the past 6 months the change is +9.1%, and over 12 months it is +0.5%. The short-term move is accelerating relative to the longer trend.

Cite this page

MacroRadar, "3-Month Treasury Bill Rate (Monthly)," https://www.macroradar.io/3-month-treasury-bill-monthly (as of September 2026).